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i was browsing through this thread and noticed a magnifier ......... does everyone here know that when you are on BB if you hold the `ctrl` button on your keyboard down and rotate the wheel on your mouse, you can enlarge,and decrease the size of the print here?
Can anyone help me find a free programme that has spreadsheet and data base facilities .
Gwyneth

 

Try OpenOffice. I've never used it, but I've heard good things about it.

 

Free virus protection: AVG, I've been using it and it has a minor glitch. I run it first thing in the morning, it finishes it'scan. Some times when I start it, it will say Last Scan Aborted. I didn't abort it, it had finished it's scan.

Also when I run spybot and it gets to cool search it stalls there.

Is it possible that I have spyware or a virus that the programs I'm using aren't detecting something?

Anyone have any ideas?

 

Go here: http://housecall.trendmicro.com/

They offer e free online virus scan, as well as a free online spyware scan.

TrendMicro is top rated.

In Christ,
Trotter

 

Thank you Brother Trotter, I'll try them. One more question, my wife downloads games from the internet. Could they have a virus, even if I have virus protection can I get one from a download?

The guy whom writes PCs for Dummies say's you can get viruses from downloaded Screensavers. So I'm assuming viruses can get in from games.

We've had this computer about 4 years and I still don't understand a lot of things about it, just like my wife. When I think I have her figured out, she does something different.

I wonder if God made women that way because he knew that it would keep us guys in line.

 

"We've had this computer about 4 years and I still don't understand a lot of things about it,"

So what makes you think you should be any different than the rest of us. I've had numerous computers over -- what -- 20 years - since the timex sinclair and I don't understand a lot of things

 

Wull lemme tell ya, I cum frum the bak woods of Minn. We dunt hav no lectrycity back thar. We hitch up them sled dawgs two big wide belt witch is huukd two a jenearater to make lectrycity.
But them dogs dun run off wit a bunch of them woofs aint seen hide nor hare them dawgs since.
Soo we aint got no lectrycity.

Soo ya c i reelly don no how to use one a them fancy thangs you city folk call kumpewters.

 

www.opera.com ... My favorite browser. Although I may tinker with this Avant browser!

www.openoffice.org ... I use it exclusively. I love it!

 

Froma download? Please explain.

More likely you'd end up with a load of adware/spyware. Here's a quote from a post of mine elsewhere that has some advice:

Follow all the steps, but especially the second.

In Christ,
Trotter

 

I downloaded Spybot, but when I run it, it stops at cool web search and goes no further. The first time it happened I waited 30 or 45 minutes and it didn't move.
I got out of the program and restarted it, it ran up to CWS and stopped. I uninstalled it and reinstalled it, it didn't change a thing.
I restarted the computer, no go.

I found a free anti spyware on microsoft and it does a good job.

I'm wondering if anyone else has had the same problem with Spybot.

 

Addendum to my previous post. I did run a seperate Cool Web Search program after the second
time around with no success.

 

Go here:
http://www.trendmicro.com/cwshredder/
for a free online removal of CWS.

CoolWebSearch is a particularly nasty one to try to remove with help.

In Christ,
Trotter

PS - The Microsoft one was in the list.

 

A cool little program program I came across the other day.

UberIcon

"ÜberIcon creates a more customizable atmosphere on your desktop by extending the Windows operating system to include new effects for your icons and folders. It is completely plugin based allowing the user to have control over the look and feel of their system. The program's name translates to "OverIcon" which we feel is perfect for a program that adds effects on top of the icons in your system."

What it does... It changes the way your icons react when you double-click them. If you have it set to iBounce, the icon enlarges to about three times its size for an instant... like it 'bounced' up. If you have it set to iZoom, the icon gives off a pulse when it is double-clicked. Either way, t adds a different look to a rather mundane act.

http://www.punksoftware.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=78&Itemid=174

In Christ,
Trotter

 

I posted this on the Pit Stop, but thought I'd put it here too.
Found a small browser that enhances with IE & seems to work fairly nice. web page
What caught my attention was the different skins you can download (I'm a long time Trekkie!) & even has a program installed to add your own.
It's about 3.5Mgb's, so it doesn't take a lot of space & doesn't seem to slow anything down.
I have a dinosaur of a computer so I won't use any program that does that.
Trotter, I downloaded the UberIcon but I do believe it had some spyware enclosed. Least wise didn't see any before I installed it. Might want to check!

 

PhaseOut is a great IE based browser. I use to have it, and I used it quite a bit.

No spyware here, Preacher.

In Christ,
Trotter

 

O.K. just a thought. That was the only d/l I'd done in a while was why I wondered. By the way the spyware was tsad.dll TimeSink. Hard to get rid of too. But I ain't found one yet I can't lick'!!

 

Here's another neat program that is free.

http://www.majorgeeks.com/Yahoo_Widget_Engine_formerly_Konfabulator_d4513.html

I've had Konfabulator for a long time, and it is really neat. You choose which widgets you want on your desktop, if any. Plus, you can search for and download more. I use the Movie Times, widget, the Digital Clock widget, and the Yahoo! Weather widget mostly, but sometimes I have more running.

In Christ,
Trotter

 

Fun stuff - Sudoku, calendars, sports, news, anything you want at the touch of a button.

 

Trotter,
Thank you Brother, sorry it took me so long to get back to you. I forget to check all my posts.


God Bless.
In Him,
Bruce

 

Gimp is a freeware version of Adobe Photoshop and it's not to bad. http://www.gimp.org/